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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Juergen Kaaden, Villingen, DE;
Andreas Kluger, Hanover, DE;
Martin Kuner, Donaueschingen, DE;
Peter Mahr, Konigsfeld, DE;
Klaus Oldermann, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Hartmut Peters, Barsinghausen, DE;
Gerhard Reiner, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Werner Scholz, Gehrden, DE;
Friedrich Timmermann, Garbsen, DE;
Bernd Wessolly, Hemmingen, DE;
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for recording longitudinal track bundles on an information medium. The method involves recording tracking information in special tracks in said track bundles. The special tracks are contiguous between each other. When recording a new track bundle a recording and/or reading head may be positioned using tracking information contained in special tracks of a previously recorded track bundle. Several examples of patterns used for coding tracking information in the special tracks we described.